Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "KENDRICK LAMAR PERFORMS GNX FOR THE 1ST TIME AT TDE CHRISTMAS CONCERT"

Episode Date: December 16, 2024

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticJoin Analytic Dreamz as we dive into the details of Kendrick Lamar and SZA's monumental "Grand National Stadium Tour." This segment explores the tour's significance as it promotes Kendrick’s latest album, GNX, and anticipates SZA's forthcoming release. Starting April 19, 2025, in Minneapolis and concluding on June 18, 2025, in Washington, DC, this tour will cover 19 major stops across North America. We'll look at key dates, from Minneapolis's U.S. Bank Stadium to the dual performances in East Rutherford and Los Angeles, showcasing the artists' impact in cities like Atlanta, Seattle, and Toronto. Tickets go on general sale December 6, 2024, with an exclusive Cash App Visa Card pre-sale two days earlier. Analytic Dreamz provides essential tips for securing your spot, including advice on seating preferences and navigating ticket sales.We'll also spotlight the artists themselves - Kendrick Lamar, fresh off his #1 album GNX and gearing up for the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show, and SZA, riding the wave of her successful SOS Tour with hits like the platinum-certified "Saturn." Additionally, we recap the recent Top Dawg Entertainment Christmas Concert in Watts, LA, highlighting performances by Kendrick, SZA, and rising stars like Doechii, whose latest work has garnered 2025 Grammy nods. Discover how this event underscores TDE's commitment to community support, distributing thousands of toys to local families.This segment is a must-listen for fans eager to understand the cultural impact and logistical intricacies of what promises to be one of the defining music events of 2025, as Kendrick Lamar and SZA continue to shape the landscape of modern music.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We are here to get into Mr. Saz 7, aka White Tank Top, but also known as Kendrick Lamar. Now, all jokes aside, there's a lot to praise when it comes to Kendrick Lamar's moves in the past week or two because not only did he announce a stadium tour with the likes of Siza, who if you don't know, is also on TDE. Kendrick was previously on TDE but is now under his own label PG Lang which he talked about the fruition of that in the heart part six as far as the whole timeline of him wanting to get his own label so now that that's a thing and him and punch or yeah punch from TD are cool again as far as TD and PG Lang coming together not only once again and one of the premier star Cizza collaborating with him on an entire stadium tour, which is insane. Not only did they announce that,

but also, Top Dog Entertainment had a Christmas concert, and basically, the event was in Los Angeles and Watts. Now, I don't know if y'all paid attention to the beginning of this video, but Analytic Dreams video on Spotify. This, ladies and gentlemen,

is ultimately in the hood. now that type of setting with these type of premier acts coming out to perform you would need a lot of equity in the culture to have this type of concert and not have too many issues arise right so for punch from t d and kendrick to have this type of free concert and basically have it in the hoods for all intents and purposes. And the only way you could get into the concert is if you brought an open gift because I believe they didn't, they specifically didn't want rap gifts. You had to bring a gift that was open

so they could see it. You know, imagine you bring a rap gift and the side is just a bunch of toilet paper that's already used, right? Like, people are crazy out here. I ain't a lot to you. So that's probably why it said un-wrapped gift. But anyways, I think I had a tip bit

as far as the overview of the Christmas concert. Okay, here we go right here. So let's listen to my correspondent from ABC break this down for me. You know what I'm saying? Anyways, all right. So let me play this right quick. Kendrick Lamar among the stars putting smiles on kids' faces for a Southern California holiday tradition. The TDE Christmas concert and toy drive at Nickerson Gardens in Watts.

TDE stands for Top Dog Entertainment, which puts this on every year. Some 20 artists performing and it's free. People only need to donate toys, clothing or shoes, which are handed out to thousands. All right. So as you heard, this is a very, very philanthropic type of move and just really resonates with a lot of people who already was championing, championing, uh, championing, uh, Kendrick as the hip hop savior, right? The way that people look at Kendrick right now, he holds all of the keys to the culture in hip hop. So this type of move is very substantial, not only because it was put on by top dog entertainment, but because he showed up. Because if you don't know, he could have tried to pull a ego move and say, instead of having a top dog entertainment, we're going to call this my label because I'm that big to where I can make those type of negotiations, right?

He could have been like, if I'm going to show up, I know this is an annual thing y'all do every year, but I need this to be called PG-Lang Christmas concert, right? and because of him showing up to support TDE, a label that he got off of to start his own PG-Lang label. And then ultimately to perform and for Siza, Dochi, and then of course the guest appearance from Glorilla, for all of them to come to this place and give a free concert. And the only way you could get in is if you brought a gift, an unwrapped gift, it's a great. move in society and definitely showcases how in December it's just one of the better year better times of every year because people are just in a given mood and just are overall as far as

a perception it just looks like a more joy a more joyful time in a community right and apparently it was estimated that thousands of toys were distributed to families in need so this not only did they get gifts, but they also gave it to people in need, which is, you know, goes back to the setting that this was in because they wanted to give back to people who were less fortunate than them, right? So when it comes to that, let me circle back to the tour. Kendrick Lamar and Siza are going on a stadium tour, which brought up the huge discussion of what rappers can go on a stadium tour. Now, as far as the numbers, there's a short list of hip-hop rappers that I believe could consistently sell out stadiums by themselves.

As far as that list, I would have Kanye, obviously, Travis Scott, you know, despite all the things that happened with AstroWorld and how crazy of an event that was. And now people don't even talk about it. They just try to go to Kendrick Lamar concerts and forget that. Oh, no, they try to go to Travis Scott concerts and forget the Astor World even happened. but Astro World is a real event and I feel like I wanted a few people to ever bring that up because that was such a significant event

that Travis Scott had like an entire history of endangering the public to the point where he was arrested multiple times for inciting a riot and to the point where the Astero World Festival event happening where a lot of people died,

it just ultimately cemented the fact to me that a lot of people honestly don't care. If it gives you a great time, people just do not care what the ramifications are, right? So even though Travis Scott had incidents the lead up to Astroirow, which ended up blowing up in his face, and now he's trying to get out of the Astroar Festival lawsuit,

which is still going on, mind you. Like the judge back in June 25th, 2024, denied Travis Scott's bid to be dismissed from the Astor World Festival lawsuit, right? So of course, it's an ongoing legal battle for an event, for an event that happened in 2021. So that's how serious this situation is, and which is why I will always bring this up, because I want people to know that these rappers don't care about your well-being. They just want to put on the best show possible. So anyways, but with that being said, have to be fair.

Travis Scott is also somebody who could consistently sell out stadiums. And of course, we have Drake. Now, why did I not say Kendrick? We're about to get into the Billboard Awards show for 2024. But as far as the top artist, only Drake was in the top five as far as rappers. There's a reason for that. He ultimately appeals to a lot more people in society. Now, as far as Kendrick, he as a performer,

analytically is number two, right? I would say, actually he's not number two. I would say Drake, Travis, Kanye, when he's under a major label. Right now, Kanye's independent, which Drake's about to find out how hard that is to sell and do the same numbers being independent, right?

But anyways, those are the top dogs as far as analytically in the hip-hop space. Kendrick would be number four, and I would have future and number five. Kendrick and Future is interchangeable. as far as Tyler the Creator that's the one interesting tidbit because

I would have him in the top five as well but because of this discussion and what currently I've seen in 2024 the consistent nature of them selling out with when they put out a project and putting up monumental numbers I would have to put him in the top five

and Tyler the creator would probably have to be number six but that's the short list of hip hop rapper or no that's a short list of hip hop rappers that has impacted the masses in 2024. As far as a stadium tour, there's a reason why Kendrick is going on a stadium tour with Sissom. He needs a little bit of help when it comes to other regions not knowing as much about him to sell out that stadium.

Drake, Travis, Kendrick. That is the only, well, those are the only hip-hop artists that could consistently sell out a stadium. Drake Kendrick Travis that's it so as far as that's a Kendrick I meant Drake Kanye Travis my fault I think I said Kendrick Drake Kanye Travis are the only artist that could sell out a stadium by themselves in hip-hop so with that being said Kendrick it going on tour with Siza is great for his image I'm not going to lie she's going to help out for a lot of tickets in this uh in certain regions where he's not as uh played right there's a reason why

there's a popular joke to say if you're going to a party if you're going to certain events you're not being like hey throw that kensigar right it's not really the vibe most times i mean you want to hear him rap about how he was ducking um phase when he rap battle in the nickets or something like that i forget what he said but those type of bars i'm not going to lie nobody try to hear that when they're trying to go to a club, right? That's not the type of music they're trying to hear. So with that being said, I do believe that Kendrick and Siza will indeed sell out all of these locations as far as a stadium tour. I mean, they're monumental artists by themselves, but then together, it's just an undeniable concert ticket to not get if it comes to your area.

So with that being said, there was something else I was wanting to get into. So that brings me to the GNX point. He put out GNX, he debuted number one on Billboard 200, right? Siza was featured twice on this album. So basically, this was already in the plans to have a stadium tour with Siza. And I think having her twice on this album just helps out with that. So overall, I do want to say that Kendrick is very meticulous with what he does with his content. And I think that's just something you need to do.

if you're going to be crowned the, the savior of hip hop, right? So he's doing a great job at carrying that title. So when it comes to his own album, G&X, having Cizza on it twice, it debuted number one. He set to headline the Super Bowl

halftime show February 9, 2025. Siza just came off her SOS tour back in, well, last year, and came off her album Saturn, a platinum certified hit and peaked at number six on a billboard hot 100. With all that being considered, this tour is going to do monumental numbers.

Now, this is the thing I wanted to get into. Kendrick Lamar said some tidbits on whacked out murals that a lot of people started to attribute towards a certain comedian. First, I believe they was trying to say Gary Owens, but now I think we've all seen, because it hit dog hollers that it was Andrew Shost.

So what is the main point of this? Basically, GNX said, I mean, Kendrick said on whacked out murals on GNX, don't let no white comedian talk about no black woman. That's law. Now, he didn't say a name. But of course, Andrew Shost jumped out the window and was talking about how hypocritical it is for Kendrick to say that, especially in the genre like hip-hop, which is a great point. But he went on to say some very,

very aggressive things, right? As far as Andrew Schultz and him going to L.A., I hope those two things never correlate. Because what he said about Kendrick Lamar, as far as what would happen on a one-on-one basis and what he would do to Kendrick Lamar in the black community, and I have to bring race into things

because that's basically how people view these type of threats. these type of threats are not handled well in the black community let me just tell you that and as far as him saying that as a white man i think that is why the backlash is what it is currently because of the history of slavery because of the history of buck breaking which if you don't know that look it up on your own time this is a pg podcast but because of those things being actually what happened to our ancestors and for like 500 plus years, we are very sensitive to that race saying those type of forceful acts as a threat, which is why we're here now with Andrew Shost, basically doubling down to the point where he says, I'm just a comedian, right?

I said what I said about forcing some things upon Kendrick even if he doesn't like it, but I'm a comedian, right? I think it was out of pocket. I think when he talked about him receiving death threats, so that's even out of pocket. So, you know, he was like an eye for an eye or something like that. Like he's just matching aggression with aggression. I think it's ultimately a scapegoat.

Because what you said, as far as what you would do to Kendrick, is taken differently because of your race. And me personally, I do believe Andrew Shost was coming from a, comedic perspective. Only thing is, if you're white, talking about a black man and you're saying you're going to force actions that he could consent or not consent to, it's going to happen regardless. Those sentiments have a lot of history to back it up. Those sentiments have labels, buckbreaking in a past that has been done, has been executed to

take away masculinity from black men. That is the only reason why I'm even covering it because I do believe this added a lot of hype to Kendrick's album because I hit dog haulers, right? Andrew came out to cut and basically double down to the point where he said something even more egregious. Not only is he disrespecting black women, but now he's saying something that in our past, us as black people, black men, as far as bug breaking, has been happening time and time again as far as when we, uh, as far as in the past, right? So currently, you have to be receptive to the fact that black males are

very, very sensitive on you threatening those type of acts towards us, because it's actually happened in the past for like 500 plus years, right? Um, so yeah, That's the whole Kendrick Lamar versus Andrew Schultz perspective. As far as Charlemagne, I know he, I know Kendrick said something about like, forget the ones who are closer to him. And I guess Andrew was saying like he was threatening my friends, which, you know, it's very, it's like, come on, man. Don't try to play victim after you've said what you said.

Because if you don't know, the Charlemagne, the brilliant idiots segment basically happened before flagrant. So whenever he was talking about these things on flagrant, he already kind of said those sentiments just not as in detail on brilliant idiots because that podcast happened before flagrant happened, which is why he has the same exact outfit on both platforms, right? So when the brilliant idiotic episode happened and he said this stuff about Kendrick and him receiving death threats from Kendrick Lamar fans following his comments, people thought he was talking about what he said on flagrant.

But what people were really commenting on was the reaction to whacked down murals. That's what he was commenting on. The fan reaction to whack down murals. So he, the recording, because, so I do like media, right? So if you record something, doesn't mean that it's going to come out before something else that you may record in a future date. Like maybe the, okay, so something you record before a future date episode could be put out that's not the best way to describe it if i record something today and i course and i record some

tomorrow and i put out what i recorded tomorrow that following day but then i put out what i recorded initially after that people will get confused on the timeline because they're going to listen to it and ain't going to be like well you said this on this episode but then you said this on that episode but what they don't realize is that when you record does not always match the timeline of when you release it hopefully it makes sense okay so as far as kensi glomar versus uh andrew shrews i'm not going to lie to you i'm praying for andrew shrews like i do believe i hope he doesn't have any shows in la la is already a dangerous place i mean if you know you know those type of claims towards hip-hop savior when you already know that race is going to be brought into

it specifically because of what you said and what could be tied to buck breaking as far as what we've experienced as black male a black man uh as far as black males in the past you know it's uh i just hope they never find you i'm just i'm just being like blatantly honest like i don't know how else to put it because it's not going to be good it's definitely crash out season if they ever see you so anyways um as far as as Kendrick Lamar currently as far as singular tracks tv off is the most successful track off of of gnx right is the fourth most played track off of the album then you have luther being the six most played track off of gnx then you have squabble up being the seventh most played track uh no not

off of my fault okay so tv off is the most played track on gnx is the fourth most played track in the world luther is the sixth most played track in the world squabble up is the seventh most played track in the world but as far as on GNX obviously that'll mean that tv off luther and squabble up is the most successful tracks off of that album so with that being considered those are the only tracks uh actually no what's the full thing okay i don't have the full thing pulled up those are the top three tracks off of GNX but he he has a total of 13 tracks on the charts he has one two three four five two six six six, seven, eight, nine, ten, goodness, eleven, twelve.

Okay, he currently has, I think these are all the tracks from GNX on the, on the charts, which is insane because the track that's not doing the best is ironically, this self-titled track from the album, GNX is not doing the best. When it comes to like the ranking, but obviously being the 67th, most played track in the world currently is still a monumental accomplishment. And he has all his tracks off of GNX on the Billboard Hot 100. So as far as in order, you have TV off, which is the fourth most played track in the world. You have Luther, which is the sixth most played track in the world.

Squabble Love, which is the seventh most played track in the world. Wacked Out Murals, which is the 29th most play track in the world. Hey Now, which is the 32nd most play track in the world. Not like us, the pedify anthem. I always have to give that disclaimer as a Drake Stan. is the 35th most played track in the world Dodger Blue is the 41st most played track in the world

Reincarnated is the 46 most played track in the world Piccaboo is the 48th most played track I mean goodness this man is racking him up Then he has Man at the Garden Which honestly is one of my personal favorite tracks From that album Like the way that he went into self-reflection

To talk about how he deserves it all Because of the things that he's doing I think that was a very introspective track and just top-tier quality from a lyricist perspective. I don't know why man at the garden doesn't get as many flowers. Like people talk about reincarnated in the Hart Part 6. Man at the Garden lyrically is very, very introspective and top-tier as far as reflecting on your life.

Anyways, Hart Part 6 is the 54th most played track in the world. Gloria is the 59th most played track in the world And of course to round off GN the 13th most play track No To round off the 13th slot for Kendrick G&X is the 67th most played track in the world So with that being said

Obviously Kendrick is out here Just killing it when it comes to analytics Killing it when it comes to culture equity As far as these type of concerts for free In The Hood, mind you I mean that's just insane being a superstar still performing in the hood i don't care how you slice it if you look at the stage it wasn't the most stage uh it wasn't the most uh expensive stage in the world right it wasn't the

greatest of stages and they did it in the hood of all places you would think you would want to build something that's a little bit more you know options as far as safety precautions but hey when you have that amount of cultural cultural equity especially with top dog a td especially with Kendrick Lamar those together probably was able to pull some strings to where hey we're doing this event we don't want anything to happen and they and they already have cultural ties so they probably are telling the real people that they need to talk to hey make sure nobody does this to that person because y'all are beefing right so that type of cultural equity is just out of this world i mean Kendrick kentrick basically showed you at the pop out performance that he could bring two rivals together

and nothing comes of it. So they keep showing you time and time again how they are indeed what the culture is feeling. So that being said, click my link to your in my bio. Let me know one of my social medias. What do you think about Kendrick Lamar and Siza going on a stadium tour? Also, what do you think about Kendrick Lamar versus Andrew Shows? And ultimately, with this Christmas concert

that was in Los Angeles and Watts, or Watts in Los Angeles. What is your biggest takeaway from these moves as far as Kendrick being crowned as the hip-hop savior?